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The enduring love of the VW tailpipe...

Exhaust systems for scooters have moved on such a lot over the years that you hardly see the old types being grafted on to the back of a standard Clubman-type Lambretta exhaust. The one I found didn’t have lots of black two-stroke oil on its inner surface so presumably came off the Beetle for which it was intended. I have no recollection how much they were back in the day but today these VW pipes are relatively cheap and you can get them easily in chrome or

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